Template:Did you know nominations/Imogen Says Nothing
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:07, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
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Imogen Says Nothing
- ... that Aditi Kapil's Imogen Says Nothing is inspired by a ghost character in Much Ado About Nothing? Source: "It turns out that Kapil is exploring a much more obscure Imogen, one who walks onstage briefly in an early edition of "Much Ado About Nothing" yet isn't given anything to do or say. " https://www.courant.com/ctnow/arts-theater/hc-imogen-says-nothing-yale-rep-20170130-story.html
5x expanded by Samsmachado (talk). Self-nominated at 19:24, 24 February 2020 (UTC).
- Article length, date, and hook length all check out, and the article seems to follow Wikipedia guidelines. It doesn't appear the sourced used for the specific hook here explicitly states that they were inspired by a ghost character in Much Ado About Nothing. Instead it simply says "one who walks onstage briefly in an early edition of "Much Ado About Nothing" yet isn't given anything to do or say", without saying the character is a ghost. Samsmachado could another citation possibly be added that more explicitly states it is a ghost? — Hunter Kahn 21:31, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- Hunter Kahn A ghost character, as blue-linked in the in the hook, is a technical theatre for a character who is mentioned as appearing in the text but doesn't do or say anything, usually thought to be an error by the printer or playwright. It's not a literal ghost. (Innogen is, coincidentally, the first example of ghost character on the ghost character page.) Sorry for the confusion. The playwright explicitly uses the term "ghost character" in an interview included with the program for the show (https://issuu.com/yalerep/docs/imogen_program_online/10) and on a theatre review blog (https://2ontheaisle.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/the-ideas-in-imogen-says-nothing-worth-reflection/), but I wasn't sure if these would count as reliable sources. Thanks for the help! Samsmachado (talk) 22:22, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
